Football transfer rumours: Jérôme Boateng to Manchester United?

Today’s fluff came here to slay

With a week to go before the end of the summer transfer window, Daniel Levy has a decision to make: Incredibles 2 or Ant-Man and the Wasp? Friends have recommended the former but Levy is leaning towards the latter because the first Ant-Man caper was a real hoot – he still gets a chuckle from that fight scene involving Thomas the Tank Engine! Mind you, the first Incredibles was also a blast, and director Brad Bird was responsible for Ratatouille, too. So that’s it settled – Levy will go see both films. Friday at the flicks: sorted!

Meanwhile, 19 Premier League clubs are milling around as if the transfer deadline was today instead of a whole week away, the fools. Manchester United, fearful that José Mourinho may turn up at his next press conference and just keen like a dog for 45 minutes, are particularly eager to get another deal done. They are being linked with Robert Lewandowski, for whom they do not have an urgent need, but Bayern Munich might take Anthony Martial off their hands as part of the deal, or as part-exchange for Jérôme Boateng. That is unless United complete a deal for Yerry Mina, the Colombia centre-back who looks set to leave Barcelona.

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